As I touched on briefly in the previous post, various meanings are assigned to certain standard playing cards and they will differ depending on which country the meanings originated from. Look closely at what Madame Lenormand did and the creators of the other Sibilla cards – not always a true reflection of the standard card meanings OR so it seems. I do think though that Madame Lenormand would have had ancient gypsy card meanings to use as a reference tool – she did not invent those because they are traced back in time before her birth.

The modern meanings are a spin off from the traditional with a little extra added to bring “meanings up to date”.

If you want to do an experiment – write down 1-2 meanings for each card based on your understanding of the suit, number and your gut feeling. You readings will materialize probably within the same degree of accuracy as if you used assigned meanings.